Retired general: If anyone can bring Afghanistan war to an end, it’s Trump
Well, let’s hope so, but I don’t think many of us are holding our breath.
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Trump’s going after the subsidized and protected Canadian dairy industry, Perhaps he should focus on ours first (VIDEO)
The US dairy industry is antiquated and deeply crony, filled with special deals, price supports, and subsidies. Free markets work in Canada AND the USA. There’s plenty for us to address right at home Mr. President. (Of course this might...
Kamala Harris, amid 2020 rumors, floats $500 a month tax credit, rollback of tax cuts
“Everything in the State, nothing outside the State…” -Benito Mussolini
California Cops Can’t Hide Body Cam Footage of Police Shootings Anymore
Police body cameras are a good idea. When citizens and cops cross paths it is wise to have a recording of what transpired. This is good for both the police officers and the public. Though some segments of the...
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20 Killed in Crimea College Gun and Bomb Attack, Russia Says
(From CNN) Twenty people — most of them teenagers — are now confirmed dead after a student went on a shooting spree and detonated a bomb at a college in Crimea, state-run Russian news agency TASS reported Thursday. The suspected...
China Moves to Lift Confidence as Economic Growth Hits Weakest Pace Since 2009
(From Reuters) China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest quarterly pace since the global financial crisis, with regulators moving quickly to calm nervous investors as a years-long campaign to tackle debt risks and the trade war with the United States...
Trump Says Saudi Journalist Likely Dead; Turkey Searches for Remains
(From Reuters) President Donald Trump said on Thursday he presumes missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is dead and that the U.S. response to Saudi Arabia will likely be “very severe” but that he still wanted to get to the bottom...
Twitter Pulls down BOT Network That Pushed Pro-Saudi Talking Points about Disappeared Journalist
(From NBC News) Twitter suspended a network of suspected Twitter bots on Thursday that pushed pro-Saudi Arabia talking points about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the past week. Twitter became aware of some of the bots on Thursday...
Gallup Poll: Support for Gun Control Drops Ahead of Midterm Elections
(From The Washington Free Beacon) The Gallup poll of 1,019 adults, conducted between Oct. 1 and 10, found 61 percent of respondents support making gun laws stricter. That’s down 6 points from when Gallup asked the same question between March...
Treasury Employee Charged with Leaks to Buzzfeed About Trump Advisers
(From Politico) Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, who is a senior adviser at Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network or FinCEN, was arrested in Virginia on Friday and charged with unauthorized disclosure of suspicious-activity reports filed by banks and other financial institutions....
European, Asian Leaders Meet to Discuss Trade, Climate, Korea
(From AP News) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday’s meeting would send a signal that “countries are coming together here from Europe and Asia that all want rules-based global trade and are committed to multilateralism.” . . . The meeting...
Astronomers Find a Cosmic Titan in the Early Universe
(From Science Daily) An international team of astronomers has discovered a titanic structure in the early Universe, just two billion years after the Big Bang. This galaxy proto-supercluster, nicknamed Hyperion, is the largest and most massive structure yet found at...
NAFTA 2.0: Free Trade or Central Planning?
By Ron Paul Last week the United States, Mexico, and Canada agreed to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with a new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Sadly, instead of replacing NAFTA’s managed trade with true free trade,...
Hillary Clinton becomes even more bitter, Says’ “can’t be civil” with Republicans, How then would she want Dems to act?, Rand says time to simmer down
This is not a partisan statement but I think the Republicans, generally speaking, and for all their sins (and there are many) have been pretty darn fair in light of what we’ve come to know happened at the FBI and...
Democrats Dumbfounded To Find That Women Think For Themselves About Politics
When people like Nancy Pelosi, or Liz Warren, or Rachael Maddow talk about “empowering women,” they don’t mean all women. They mean women who agree with them. They mean members of the gender union who follow commands and talking points blindly in the name...
Colbert Show Writer: “Whatever happens I’m just glad we ruined Brett Kavanaugh’s life”
We have issues with Justice Kavanaugh on a number of points, particularly around the 4th Amendment. If he continues to rule for the police state, which he very possibly will, we will be disappointed and we will call him...
